Dussault, Leonard Louis 1880 - 1943

Leonard Louis Dussault [also known as L.L. Dussault, Leonard Ludwig Dussault, and as Leonard Lewis Dussault] was born in Moseley, Birmingham, Worcestershire, England in 1880 and was articled to T.W.F. Newton & Cheatle in Birmingham, England.  He also attended Birmingham School of Art.  He established his own independent practice in Birmingham in 1906.

Photographs of three houses at Stratford-upon-Avon designed by Dussault - 'Avon Mead', 'Avon House', and his own residence, are illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1924 (pp.19, 46, 68), photographs of The Old Manor House, Dorsington, near Bidford-on-Avon and Bix Manor Farm, Henley-on-Thames designed by 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1925 (pp.19, 54), a photograph of 'Fulford Ing' in Stratford-on-Avon, designed by him is illustrated in 'The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art' 1926 (p.13), and a photograph of 'Arden Wych', Tanworth in Arden designed by him is illustrated in 'Decorative Art' 1927 (p.36).

Dussault was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911 and a  a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA). in 1921.  His address was given as 54 Stirling Road, Edgbaston, Warwickshire in 1901; Gilberts Green, Hockley Heath, Birmingham in 1911; "Arden Close", Tanworth-in-Arden, Warwickshire in 1914; 39, Newhall Street, Birmingham in 1914 and 1939; 9, Salisbury Square, London in 1923. He died in Stratford-upon-Avon Warwickshire on 30 March 1943. His address at the time of his death was 33 Sheep Street, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire.

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Architectural projects by Dussault included a house in King's Norton (1908); nine houses in Tanworth-in-Arden (1909-14); 15 houses in Stratford-on-Avon (1909-23); a factory in Birmingham (1910); a house in Egbaston (1911); a cinema in Moseley Road, Birmingham (1913); the Shakespeare Café in Worcester (1919); additions to 'The Gables' in Warwick (1920); alterations to the Nerve Hospital in Birmingham (1921); a cinema in Hockley, Birmingham (1922); alterations to Bix manor in Henley-on-Thames (1922); alterations to Ingon Grange in Snitterfield (1923); additions to Stratford-on-Avon Picture House (1924); houses in Stratford-on-Avon, Handsworth, Egbaston and Harbourne, Birmingham (1924-25); warehouses in Birmingham and Stratford-on-Avon (1924-25); and St. Mary's Church in Ilmington, Warwickshire (1939-40).

Bibliography

Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 1: A-K. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001

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